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    Kai’s Power SHOW

 

How the EDIT Room Works

 

The EDIT Room is where you’ll add 
sophisticated finishing touches to your 
show. The features in this room let you 
add transition effects, static and animated 
text, and sound clips to your slides.

In the EDIT Room, you’ll usually work on 
one slide at a time, although you can 
perform some functions, such as adding 
transitions, to a number of frames all at 
once. 

There are four steps involved in editing or 
enhancing a slide:

Add an In Transition. The In 
Transition is the effect that appears 
before the current frame. 

Add an Out Transition. The Out 
Transition is the effect that appears 
after the current frame.

Apply text effects. This can mean 
anything from adding blocks of static 
text to a business slide, to creating 
animated messages on family photos. 

Add a sound clip. A sound clip can 
include a voice annotation or a sound 
effect (.wav) that plays when the slide 
appears. An audio CD can be played 
in the background, too.

 

What Are Transitions?

 

Transitions are the animated special 
effects inserted between frames. When 
your show plays, the transitions fill the 
gaps between one slide and the next. A 

transition can be used to create specific 
effects in a show, for example, one slide 
melting into another. 

In a show, all slides (except the first and 
perhaps the last) have an In and an Out 
transition. In Transitions lead into the 
current frame. Out Transitions follow the 
current frame into the next. Hence, frame 
1’s Out Transition is frame 2’s In 
Transition.

The EDIT Room lets you choose from a 
wide variety and number of transition 
effects. Using the features in this room, 
you can preview a transition, while adding 
it to any slide in your show quickly and 
easily. 

 

Working in the EDIT Room

 

The EDIT Room has three main working 
windows:

The Current Frame window

The In Transition window

The Out Transition window 

 

Use the EDIT Room to add transitions, text, and 
sound effects to a slide.

 

The EDIT Room

Содержание KAI S POWER SHOW

Страница 1: ...User Guide for Windows and Macintosh...

Страница 2: ...r willingly or knowingly misused or misapplied such marks Copyright This manual as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the...

Страница 3: ...Quitting SHOW 16 Chapter 3 Kai s Power SHOW Tutorial 17 Welcome 17 Getting Started 17 Lesson 1 Importing Files in the IN Room 17 Creating a QUICKSHOW 18 Lesson 1 Creating a QUICKSHOW 18 Lesson 2 Editi...

Страница 4: ...Show 52 Adding Transitions to a Show 53 Using the Transition Dialogs 53 Applying transitions to multiple frames 54 Using Transition Presets 54 Working with Text 54 Adding Text 55 Editing Text 55 Addin...

Страница 5: ...ncluding computer monitor projector printer and the Web Works great with other popular products About This User Guide This User Guide provides the information you need to use SHOW effectively It will...

Страница 6: ...impact on SHOW performance This section talks about two important setup factors and how you might enhance them to ensure efficiency Video Drivers It is very important to obtain the latest video drive...

Страница 7: ...s faster drawing onably good quality es or for those who y 24 bit color the best choice dware that wasn t this mode you may wdown Choosing the display resolution will not affect your performance signi...

Страница 8: ...ou re using Windows NT 4 or Windows 95 choose Start menu Run 4 Type the letter corresponding to your CD ROM drive followed by setup for example type d setup if using the D drive and click the OK butto...

Страница 9: ...ppens try quitting other applications or allocating LESS memory to SHOW to give the System extra breathing space To reduce SHOW s memory select the application icon choose File menu Get Info and alloc...

Страница 10: ...be performed using keyboard shortcuts Refer to Keyboard Shortcuts on page 69 for a listing of Kai s Power SHOW keyboard shortcuts Creating a New Show There are two ways of creating a new presentation...

Страница 11: ...into a folder that you can move or share Save Show creates a show file sas containing information about how to reconstruct the show When you open a project or show SHOW gathers all the content in the...

Страница 12: ...store user definable presets and control settings so that you can quickly and easily use those settings at a later time Memory dots are saved with SHOW project or show files so your settings are avail...

Страница 13: ...ops When you move between the IN and SORT Rooms thumbnail icons remain on the desktop Import a single file and it appears as a single thumbnail A folder of files displays as a pile of thumbnails You c...

Страница 14: ...ave all the photos of people in one pile all the photos of landscapes in another pile and so on Arranging Content in the Sequencer and Nano Sequencer The Sequencer and Nano Sequencer which appear at t...

Страница 15: ...ame in your show or a new frame insertion point Undoing Operations SHOW s undo feature lets you reverse the last action you performed You can undo an operation by using the Global menu or by pressing...

Страница 16: ...from any of the four rooms using the Global or pop up menu To close SHOW 1 Select Quit SHOW in the Global menu 2 Control click or right click and choose Quit SHOW from the pop up menu 3 If you have a...

Страница 17: ...rt menu The IN Room appears This is where you begin creating your show Lesson 1 Importing Files in the IN Room This lesson walks you through the process of importing your photos pictures business slid...

Страница 18: ...ind out more about QUICKSHOW refer to The QUICKSHOW Feature on page 36 Lesson 1 Creating a QUICKSHOW To help you create presentations quickly and easily SHOW provides a powerful feature called QUICKSH...

Страница 19: ...an SSC Script 1 Click the Do It button SHOW automatically executes the script and immediately plays your custom show You can cancel out of the Create a QUICKSHOW dialog without executing it Just click...

Страница 20: ...l you ve learned how to import photos and pictures into SHOW using the IN Room and how to quickly create shows using the QUICKSHOW feature In this section you ll use the Sort control to sort the folde...

Страница 21: ...to do the opposite The middle size control returns the thumbnails to their default size Now you can better see thumbnail details to sort and select specific photos for your show To sort thumbnail ico...

Страница 22: ...ears 2 Click the Sequence Floatoid to load all of the selected thumbnails into the Sequencer Remember the Floatoid loads all the selected thumbnails into the Sequencer If you don t want to load a spec...

Страница 23: ...on Release the mouse button when the border between Frames 6 and 7 is highlighted The original Sequencer frames shift to fill the gap left behind by the departed frame 2 Drag the blue Current Frame In...

Страница 24: ...T Room s Sequencer and Nano Sequencer To choose a frame from the Sequencer Click a frame in the Sequencer to make it the current frame Note the blue highlight around it You can also drag the Current F...

Страница 25: ...nu Release the mouse button when the Page Curl transition appears Drag the Scroll button up sharply to increase the speed of the scrolling menu or down to decrease speed 3 Click the Page Curl name in...

Страница 26: ...the static text templates or using animated text effects Templates set how your text is arranged Once you ve selected a template you can easily replace the default text with your own You cannot add te...

Страница 27: ...type 3 Click Done to accept the change and close the dialog If you want to edit multiple strings repeat steps 1 and 2 4 Select a text string you do not want then hit the Delete key on the keyboard Le...

Страница 28: ...ffects you can create using SHOW s text effects The best way to find the most appropriate effect is to apply them to your text and see what happens Click to select then delete all text strings on your...

Страница 29: ...also add sound effects to your show You can play a sound clip during the entire show or only when a specific slide appears The lessons in this section will teach you how attach a sound clip to a slid...

Страница 30: ...ay a show 1 In the Nano Sequencer drag the Current Frame Indicator to the frame you want to begin with 2 Click the Sequencer menu on the left side of the Sequencer then choose Settings Click to Advanc...

Страница 31: ...Show You can distribute your show to other users regardless of whether or not they have a copy of Kai s Power SHOW The SHOW Player software included for both PC and Macintosh can be used to play a sho...

Страница 32: ...ord media added This way you can move your collected show files to a different location on your hard drive or your entire show to another computer and use SHOW or the SHOW Player to play it as long as...

Страница 33: ...round If the recipient has the SHOW application they can also edit the show Lesson 2 Saving SHOW Slides It is possible to save an animated text slide that you create in the EDIT Room as an individual...

Страница 34: ...og also lets you print slide numbers and file names along with your slides This might be helpful if you re using the printouts as storyboards In this lesson you ll learn how to setup a page and print...

Страница 35: ...Show option appears as a unique filmstrip icon Each thumbnail s file name appears when you pass the cursor over it and pause Content imported as a single file appears as an individual thumbnail Conten...

Страница 36: ...ontaining several statements These statements make up the Simple Sentence Control SSC script Each statement describes the options that will be used to create your show For example Create a QUICKSHOW w...

Страница 37: ...l camera or scanner Show content is imported using the feature buttons displayed along the bottom of the IN Room Importing Photos and Pictures SHOW can import photos and pictures separately or as fold...

Страница 38: ...lide vertical text alignment is not always identical Most graphs and charts display accurately as do most text characters Left justified bullet text also translates correctly most of the time You shou...

Страница 39: ...r the TWAIN label then click the Load Pictures from a Digital Input Device button Then choose Select TWAIN Source from the pop up menu The Select Source dialog appears 2 Choose your scanner then click...

Страница 40: ...ou want sas or shw then click Open The default folder into which your projects and shows are saved is the My SHOW Files folder A filmstrip icon representing the show appears on the desktop Adding a sh...

Страница 41: ...humbnails onto a desktop then pull out pictures that are related and group them together into piles Once you have all your piles set up you can start pulling out specific pictures or photos to create...

Страница 42: ...it to perform different tasks The cursor can select delete group or add clicked thumbnails to the Sequencer Sequencer The Sequencer contains all of the show s content and order with frame detail Howev...

Страница 43: ...quickly loaded into the Sequencer Working with Thumbnails Thumbnails visually represent the files you imported in the IN Room The SORT Room offers several features and controls that let you sort sele...

Страница 44: ...ktop 1 Arrange the thumbnails the way you want them 2 Click an empty memory dot at the bottom of the Sort control to save the arrangement Option Alt click a memory dot to clear it Selecting Thumbnails...

Страница 45: ...nails you want to delete 4 Click the Standard button to reset the cursor Command Ctrl Z or the Undo command lets you undo a mistake with one level of undo Refer to Undoing Operations on page 15 for mo...

Страница 46: ...r so that every time you click a thumbnail it is added to the Sequencer Thumbnails are added in the order you click them The first thumbnail you click is added to the first available frame of the show...

Страница 47: ...ame Indicator arrows on each end of the Sequencer to scroll through all the frames in your show Video clips in a Sequencer frame are identified by a filmstrip icon Sound clips attached to a Sequencer...

Страница 48: ...nge them just like you would in the Sequencer To re arrange frames in the Nano Sequencer 1 Click and drag the mouse button while the cursor is over a frame in the Nano Sequencer 2 Drag the frame to a...

Страница 49: ...in the top right corner of the Sequencer When the show reaches its last frame hit the escape key to return to the SORT or EDIT Room When you have selected and sequenced your content it is time to mov...

Страница 50: ...too What Are Transitions Transitions are the animated special effects inserted between frames When your show plays the transitions fill the gaps between one slide and the next A transition can be use...

Страница 51: ...the frame Working with Frames Before you can start editing frames you need to know how to select them In addition to selecting frames there are several other operations you can perform on frames that...

Страница 52: ...digital cameras To flip a frame 1 Click a frame in the Sequencer 2 Click the Sequencer menu then choose Flip Vertical or Flip Horizontal Adding a Slide Display Time to a Show A show can have a unifor...

Страница 53: ...ach of the frames in your presentation just by pressing the arrow keys and clicking transitions When complete click the Done button to exit the dialog Remember that frame 1 s Out Transition is frame 2...

Страница 54: ...elect a frame in the Sequencer 2 Click one of the In Transition Five Favorites buttons A real time preview of the transition is displayed in the In Transition window To save a transition as a new pres...

Страница 55: ...appears 2 Click on the desired template preview to load that template The template s preset text strings appear in the Preview window and in the Text Entry box Editing Text Once the template is appli...

Страница 56: ...pop up menu Active styles are designated with a check mark in the pop up menu To change letter spacing 1 Click a text string to select it 2 Click the Spacing label and choose a percentage from the po...

Страница 57: ...t the Current Frame Indicator is set on the frame following the last frame in your show Then merely click and drag the new background slide to its desired position To use a color as a background Click...

Страница 58: ...Projector icon To apply your changes If you are happy with all text attributes and animations on the slide select Done to apply them The slide then appears in the Sequencer If you are not happy with...

Страница 59: ...ing Sound Clips You can preview a sound clip simply by clicking on it in the Sound fx menu To preview a sound 1 Click a category button 2 Click a sound clip To hear random sound effects Click the dice...

Страница 60: ...the entire show You can play a soundtrack by adding a long sound clip to the first frame in your show If the clip is long enough it will play during the entire show You can also play a soundtrack by...

Страница 61: ...T Room 61 in the EDIT to play your show ee your progress e OUT Room show later to give can play it SORT or EDIT aying its slides and d cover your entire aches its last frame return to the SORT lay you...

Страница 62: ...ving or printing a single slide you ll use the Output Preview window to select the specific slide from your show To select a slide for output Click on the forward or backward scroll arrows on the Outp...

Страница 63: ...t file SHOW locates all the content and re assembles the show A show saved as a project file can only be opened by SHOW Once you ve saved your work as a SHOW project it s important to keep source file...

Страница 64: ...de variable times set for individual transitions 5 Click the Loop the Show option if you want your show to continuously loop whenever you play it 6 Click either the Include the Macintosh or PC SHOW Pl...

Страница 65: ...soft com You can use utilities like WinZip or Stuffit to ensure efficient transfer before you put the SHOW Player files on line or onto removable media Macintosh and Windows SHOW Players If the recipi...

Страница 66: ...e different ways of moving between slides Save as HTML then open the resulting HTML pages in your Web browser to see what the template looks like Just drop the first HTML file frame0001 html onto the...

Страница 67: ...pictures This can be a handy feature if you re using the printed pages as a storyboard To set up a page 1 Move the cursor over the Page Setup label then click the Select Page Setup Options for Print b...

Страница 68: ...ake full advantage of all that SHOW has to offer If you use SHOW as a home photo player your vacation slideshows will be fun and entertaining If you use SHOW as a business presentation player you will...

Страница 69: ...le G G Cycle Selection Cursor Tab Tab Cycle Cursor to Standard Cursor Space Space Shortcuts x H Ctrl H Play Current SHOW P P Copy Slide Sound Transition x C Ctrl C Paste Slide Sound Transition x V Ctr...

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